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Ancient Greek ‘pop culture’ discovery rewrites history of poetry and song

08 Sep 2021

New research into a little-known text written in ancient Greek shows that ‘stressed poetry’, the ancestor of all modern poetry and song, was already...

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The African Golden Weaver, Zanzibar

Opinion: There’s a reason why Africa’s migratory songbirds sing out of season

09 May 2016

Claire Spottiswoode (Department of Zoology) and Marjorie Sorensen (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main) discuss why several species of migratory...

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'The honour of the snow-mountains is the snow…'

31 Oct 2013

For those who live in the shadow of the world’s highest mountain range, the snow-capped peaks have long been an indicator of the ‘health’ of their...

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Music at the Whipple - part of Cambridge Science Festival 2012

The sweet sound of science

15 Feb 2012

Musicians and music-lovers alike are invited to this year’s Cambridge Science Festival – the UK’s biggest free science festival – which runs from...

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